Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in common buzzard (Buteo buteo) from Sicily (Italy)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2881-2892

  Licata, Patrizia ^a   Naccari, Francesco ^a   Dugo, Giacomo ^b   Fotia, Vincenzo ^b   Turco, Vincenzo Lo ^b   Potorti, Angela Giorgia ^b   Di Bella, Giuseppa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buteo buteo; HRGC ECD MS; OCs; PCBs; Sicily

Indexed keywords

BUTEO BUTEO; HRGC-ECD-MS; OCS; PCBS; SICILY;

MUSCLE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REDUCTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; MITOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PCB 101; PCB 110; PCB 138; PCB 146; PCB 149; PCB 151; PCB 170; PCB 177; PCB 180; PCB 183; PCB 187; PCB 28; PCB 52; PCB 95; PCB 99; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPTOR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIRD; BUTEO BUTEO; COMMON BUZZARD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; INTESTINE; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SICILY;

ITALY; SICILY;

BUTEO BUTEO;

EID: 84862869611     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2157-9     Document Type: Article

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